Re: OT: iris hunting
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- Subject: Re: OT: iris hunting
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@digitalpla.net>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 21:14:09 -0600
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <cwalters@digitalpla.net>
> From: dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)
>
> I'll be in Greece later this month and will have some opportunities to go
> hiking and camping on the mainland as well as on some of the islands. Is
> anyone familiar with the native irises over there? Is it the right time
of
> year to do any seed collecting? Will anything be in bloom?
Dennis,
In his very interesting article on "The I. mesopotamica Problem" in the
July, 1998 AIS Bulletin (pp. 29-33), Ben Hager states that " There is now
only one bearded iris in Greece proper: I. attica, a dwarf that grows on
the Sunion peninsula".
The Sunion peninsula forms the southern tip of Attica, the region of Greece
in which Athens is located. The ruins of a famous temple of Poseidon, the
ancient Greek sea god, are located there. It is about 25 miles southeast of
Athens. Happy hunting!
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
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